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Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on August 20, 2015

    • Deb Hubsmith, Presente! Safe Routes to School Visionary Dies At 45 (BikePortland, Bicycle Retailer)
    • Toll From Traffic Crashes in First Half of 2015 Cost $152 Billion (Claims Journal)
    • WaPo Wonkblog Maps 38 Million Long-Distance Commutes
    • Gov. Brown to California Legislature: Deal With Transpo Funding (AP, LandLine)
    • Phoenix, Cleveland Tell Albuquerque Transit Has Been Transformative; You Should Try It (BizJournal)
    • Phoenix Light Rail Will Be Important to Millennials (AZ Central)
    • Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Transit Still Struggling (Grist)
    • Miami Plans Three BRT Corridors (Herald)
    • Active Trans Wants a Light Rail Line Connecting O'Hare and Midway (Curbed)
    • To Fund Transportation, Detroit Wants to Collect Income Taxes From Residents Working in Burbs (Crains)
    • Activating Public Space Under Elevated Roadways (Urban Omnibus)
    • How Detours Turn Roadways Into Dangerous Interstates (WISHTV)
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Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

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